Fight to save "awe"? Ah, come on!

RonButters at AOL.COM RonButters at AOL.COM
Mon Oct 2 13:26:23 UTC 2006


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> If linguists won't fight to save "awe", who will?
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> Tom Z
>
Nobody. It is a hopeless cause--hopeless in large part because it is so
trivial. The world has real problems, some of which linguists attempt to address.
Ongoing vowel merger is about as important to communication as tongue size,
which doubtless has increased over the past century in countries where nutrition
has improved.

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